

Keep your distance and watch out for his massive swings while piling bullets into his face. The best weapons for this fight are the shotgun and grenade launcher with mine rounds – acid and flame rounds are also pretty effective. When you see him, he’ll channel his inner pooch and chase you across a bridge, leading into another boss fight just below the clock tower. Much later in the game, Nemesis is starting to get much more feral, more dog-like in his form. Otherwise, just keep going until the cutscene plays out. If somehow he manages to catch up, he will still try and hit you so watch out for that.


This another on rails section where you can get by with watching his targeting laser and moving out the way after it turns red. The rocket launcher chase through Downtown If he grabs you, it’s massive damage time, so avoid at all costs while unloading everything you have into him until he drops. Keep shooting it till it explodes and eventually he will get super mad while being on fire – not a good combo – and will charge at you. To defeat him you want to shoot the fuel tank on his back. These can be easily avoided at distance, but as he takes damage, Nemesis will start to walk faster and try to hit you with his flamethrower – don’t be fooled into thinking you’re safely out of reach, as flames also come out the end. There’s not much you can do at the start of this encounter apart from run up to the roof. When you reach the top, you’ll have no choice but to fight him.Īt the start of this battle, he won’t do much except for a slow walk while shooting streams of flames at you. Rooftop Demolition Site fight with a flamethrower When he goes down, he will drop another container with some shotgun rounds which you should grab before quickly making your escape to the Sewers. You’ll notice there’s a red barrel in the back room, which you should use to take him down when he approaches. Only kick it once, mind as Nemesis will be on you again before you know it.

Then, when you pass the electricity box, turn around and shoot it. This gives you time to run to the back room and work on kicking in the grate that will take you to the next area. Just keep running and make sure you dodge his initial swings. Once you team up with Carlos again, it won’t be long before Nemesis is back on your tail. It’s well worth fighting Nemesis to unlock these. The Moderator, which tightens spread making critical shots easier, and the Extended Mag, which increases your clip to 33 rounds.
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He drops some cool upgrades early game – The G19, your base handgun, can get two upgrade drops from Nemesis.On your initial runs, you’ll want to conserve as much ammo as possible. Four or five shotgun blasts to the head is enough to down Nemesis. Always go for headshots – Every time you shoot, you want to maximise damage.Save your grenades for when you are in a bind. Grenades are a one hit KO – Another one hit and down.It’s also tempting to want to blow up the explosive barrels in the opening area, but one hit from them will instantly down Nemesis so can be well worth saving. The environment can be your friend – Electricity boxes work a treat on Nemesis, much like they do on the Zombies, so make sure to use them.Stay your distance or if you are lucky, dodge out the way – the timing is tricky, here. Look out for his roar attack – This is a pain if you get caught as you will be momentarily stunned for enough time that he can swing in.You’ll need to watch his animations closely and if you see him go for another swing immediately, get ready to dodge once more. C-c-combo! – Sometimes Nemesis will swing three times in a row, meaning that even if you dodge the first strike, there’s a chance you’ll be caught by the second… and third.Getting the timing down for Jill’s perfect dodge move is essential here as it will snap you straight in for a headshot. Get that dodge button ready – Nemesis likes to throw out haymakers like he’s Mike Tyson, and boy do they hurt.Also, if you try and run away, sometimes he likes to use his tentacles to grab you and pull you back in. Keeping a few feet back is the optimum distance to engage. Running away is pointless – Nemesis can close ground to you quickly, either by doing a horrendously fast run or super leaping in front of you.If you decide to fight him – and you should definitely do this a few times for the upgrades he drops – there’s a few things to keep in mind:
